Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter which serves 2,690,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) mast?
Winter Hill transmitter - Winter Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Winter Hill transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | H max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | H max | C34 (578.0MHz) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Granada), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max | C35- (585.8MHz) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
| COM4 SDN | H max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
 20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others | |||||
| COM5 ArqA | H max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others | |||||
| COM6 ArqB | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
 12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others | |||||
| LM | H -20dB | C40 (626.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 1,000W |
 from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Manchester, | |||||
| LL | H -17dB | C24 (498.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 2,000W |
 from 30th June 2014: 7 Bay TV Liverpool, | |||||
| LPR | H -20dB | C56 (754.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 1,000W |
 from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Lancashire, | |||||
| GIM | H -20dB | C57 (762.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-2 | 1,000W |
 Now 90s, Spotlight TV, Clubland TV, Country Music Entertainment , Classic Hits MCR, 77 That's 60s MCR, 78 TCC, 80 That's 80s, 86 That's 90s MCR, 88 TV Warehouse+1, | |||||
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Winter Hill transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 22km southeast (140°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 22km southeast (139°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1956-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 20 Feb 2020 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
| C9 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C12 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C24 | _local | ||||||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C40 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
| C48 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C49tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | -BBCB | -BBCB | -BBCB | ||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | com7tv_off | ||
| C56tv_off | _local | _local | _local | LPR | |||||
| C57tv_off | GIM | GIM | GIM | GIM | |||||
| C58tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C61 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 4 Nov 09 and 2 Dec 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| com7 | (-12.9dB) 25.7kW | |
| com8 | (-13.4dB) 22.6kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-16dB) 12.5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| LL | (-24dB) 2kW | |
| GIM, LM, LPR | (-27dB) 1000W |
Local transmitter maps
Winter Hill Freeview Winter Hill DAB Winter Hill AM/FM Winter Hill TV region BBC North West GranadaWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Saturday, 12 February 2011
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richard8:46 PM
I have lost my freeview HD cahnnels has something changed or do I have a problem with my receiver. I live in liverpool L9
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richard: Nothing has changed, can you try doing this My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Sunday, 13 February 2011
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Jack Forrester10:34 PM
I am in the winterhill area and have lost half the channels they were unwatched blocky and stut-t-t-t-t-tery now after a re tune they are gone.
Last scan only found 22 channels as the rest are too week for my current config files to pay notice to.
Now scanning again and its picked up 20.
Some channels are listing as DTV2.1, DTV2.2 up to DTV2.7
What is the crack Who broke it come on own up I dam well know its not the aerial in the loft or the hardware tuning it. This all happened when the re-runs of the 80s games shows were foisted upon us. COME on who wants to watch the krypton factor?
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Jack Forrester10:47 PM
So done a full scan
output
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# locked on 770000KHz, please wait for network information...
Timeout getting table (pid=0010, tid=40)
# Network Information...
Frequency of Parent Transmitter = 0kHz
Network/Region Name = (null)
Channel Name LCN SID Vid Aud PMT
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FIVER , 0, 12928, 6673, 6674, 275 #
FIVER , , 12928, 6673, 6675, 275 #
FIVE USA , 0, 12992, 6689, 6690, 279 #
FIVE USA , , 12992, 6689, 6691, 279 #
QVC , 0, 13120, 6049, 6050, 259 #
bid tv , 0, 14272, 6273, 6274, 261 #
QUEST , 0, 14498, 6929, 6930, 265 #
Absolute Radio , 0, 14688, 0, 6082, 390 #
Heart , 0, 14720, 0, 6098, 391 #
Capital FM , 0, 14752, 0, 6114, 392 #
Teletext Hols , 0, 14784, 0, 6354, 268 #
Challenge , 0, 15520, 521, 659, 395 #
Challenge , , 15520, 521, 669, 395 #
G.O.L.D. , 0, 15552, 6497, 6498, 276 #
ITV2 +1 , 0, 15952, 6529, 6530, 388 #
ITV2 +1 , , 15952, 6529, 6531, 388 #
ITV3 , 0, 16048, 6881, 6882, 277 #
ITV3 , , 16048, 6881, 6883, 277 #
ESPN , 0, 16096, 6801, 6802, 284 #
# Signal Strength = 19
# Signal Quality = -4%
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# locked on 778000KHz, please wait for network information...
# Network Information...
Frequency of Parent Transmitter = 778000kHz
Network/Region Name = North West
Freeview Multiplex = Mux 2
Channel Name LCN SID Vid Aud PMT
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ITV1 , 3, 8267, 515, 654, 273 #
ITV1 , , 8267, 515, 663, 273 #
ITV2 , 6, 8325, 2819, 2820, 262 #
ITV2 , , 8325, 2819, 2822, 262 #
Channel 4 , 4, 8384, 2829, 2830, 259 #
Channel 4 , , 8384, 2829, 2832, 259 #
Channel 4+1 , 13, 8452, 768, 769, 267 #
Channel 4+1 , , 8452, 768, 770, 267 #
E4 , 28, 8448, 773, 774, 265 #
E4 , , 8448, 773, 775, 265 #
More 4 , 14, 8442, 590, 591, 270 #
More 4 , , 8442, 590, 592, 270 #
FIVE , 5, 8500, 2950, 2851, 289 #
FIVE , , 8500, 2950, 2853, 289 #
ITV1 +1 , 33, 8367, 600, 601, 290 #
ITV1 +1 , , 8367, 600, 602, 290 #
# Signal Strength = 36
# Signal Quality = 29%
============================================================================
# Nothing found on 786000kHz, +166kHz, -166kHz, Nothing found
============================================================================
# locked on 794000KHz, please wait for network information...
# Network Information...
Frequency of Parent Transmitter = 793833kHz
Network/Region Name = North West
Channel Name LCN SID Vid Aud PMT
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Sky News , 82, 22080, 101, 102, 701 #
Sky News , , 22080, 101, 104, 701 #
SKY THREE , 11, 22208, 301, 302, 703 #
SKY THREE , , 22208, 301, 304, 703 #
Dave , 19, 22272, 401, 402, 704 #
Dave , , 22272, 401, 404, 704 #
E4+1 , 29, 22336, 501, 502, 705 #
E4+1 , , 22336, 501, 504, 705 #
price-drop tv , 37, 22464, 611, 612, 707 #
talkSPORT , 211, 22592, 0, 1101, 706 #
Premier Radio , 213, 22976, 0, 1701, 712 #
Sky3+1 , 44, 22244, 201, 202, 719 #
Sky3+1 , , 22244, 201, 203, 719 #
Dave ja vu , 25, 23936, 2111, 2112, 711 #
Dave ja vu , , 23936, 2111, 2114, 711 #
# Signal Strength = 38
# Signal Quality = 40%
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# locked on 802000KHz, please wait for network information...
# Network Information...
Frequency of Parent Transmitter = 801833kHz
Network/Region Name = North West
Freeview Multiplex = Mux 1
Channel Name LCN SID Vid Aud PMT
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BBC ONE , 1, 4168, 101, 102, 100 #
BBC ONE , , 4168, 101, 106, 100 #
BBC TWO , 2, 4287, 201, 202, 200 #
BBC TWO , , 4287, 201, 206, 200 #
BBC THREE , 7, 4288, 301, 302, 300 #
BBC THREE , , 4288, 301, 306, 300 #
BBC NEWS , 80, 4352, 501, 502, 500 #
BBC FOUR , 9, 4544, 401, 402, 400 #
BBC FOUR , , 4544, 401, 406, 400 #
BBC Parliament , 81, 4736, 601, 602, 600 #
BBC R5L , 193, 5632, 0, 1402, 1400 #
BBC R5SX , 194, 5696, 0, 1502, 1500 #
BBC 6 Music , 195, 5760, 0, 1602, 1600 #
BBC Radio 7 , 196, 5824, 0, 1702, 1700 #
BBC R1X , 189, 5888, 0, 1802, 1800 #
BBC Asian Net. , 197, 5952, 0, 1902, 1900 #
BBC World Sv. , 198, 6016, 0, 2002, 2000 #
BBC Radio 1 , 188, 6720, 0, 1002, 1000 #
BBC Radio 2 , 190, 6784, 0, 1102, 1100 #
BBC Radio 3 , 191, 6848, 0, 1202, 1200 #
BBC Radio 4 , 192, 6912, 0, 1302, 1300 #
301 , 45, 7168, 901, 951, 900 #
301 , , 7168, 901, 952, 900 #
# Signal Strength = 38
# Signal Quality = 77%
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Jack Forrester11:18 PM
Go figure they are back now really odd. Wonder if my amp is failing? Weather does not seem bad.
Odd how it has affected different muxes though? BBC been fine all weekend till tonight. Fives been screwy all month loads of shows have not recorded right.
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Monday, 14 February 2011
Jack Forrester: This is exactly what you would expect to happen from time to time when you have a loft aerial and a "booster".
Move the aerial to the roof for reliable Freeview reception.
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Jack Forrester6:07 PM
Need a booster as there are 3 Tvs in different rooms. Unfortunately this place is rented so no changes possible. Still think its odd how one then two then all muxes were gradually affected. probably a voltage regulation problem on the power injector.
Ah well just some thing else to turn off and on again.
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Jack Forrester: You may not need the booster - you are in a switched area, they shouldn't be necessary.
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Jack Forrester6:59 PM
Thanks for the advice I'll see if I can get reception with it off.
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011
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monnie2:22 PM
Wirral
I am on the wirral (south) and can only get welsh bbc and itv so the news isnt northwest which i want but wales today!
can anyone help?? xx
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monnie's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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